On February 8, 2025, Corey Toler-Franklin, assistant professor of computer science, delivered the featured talk in the Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture Series at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Toler-Franklin’s speech, “Quantum-level Spectral Analysis and Deep Learning for Life Science and Biomedical Research,” was live-streamed to an international audience.
This annual lecture series, now in its 40th year, gives scientists, engineers, and other professionals a platform to explain cutting-edge research. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines, and the program draws audiences of more than 300 people, including students, teachers, parents, and community members.
In the lecture, Toler-Franklin presented projects at the Graphics Imaging & Light Measurement Lab (GILMLab), which she leads. GILMLab’s different areas of focus include developing neural networks to detect cancerous tumors in tissue biopsies, using deep-learning methods to examine animal behavior in ways that could lead to treatments for human neurological disorders like autism, and combining multispectral imaging with physics-based material modeling for application in forensic science. Ultimately, GILMLab works toward combining optical imaging, physics, and artificial intelligence for real-world application.